μάλα δ' ὦκα θύρηθ' ἔα ἀμφὶς ἐκείνων → very soon I was out, away from them | very soon was out of the water, and away from them
see κακός.
κακώτερος, -έρα, -ον (Α)αλλ. τ. του κακίων.
κακώτερος: эп. = κακίων.